2003-3 Inside the Hoover Dam VIP Invitation

Utah Construction/Utah International Symposium November 5-6 2003 Weber State University
""Powder monkeys"" prepared dynamite cartridges and blasting caps.
NOVEMBER 5
WEDNESDAY 3 P.M.
STEWART LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
RECEPTION AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITS
""Reporting the Hoover Dam Construction"" ""Inside the Hoover Dam Scrapbooks""
Speaker: Phyllis Barber, ""A Boulder City Childhood"" Author of ""The Desert Shall Blossom"" and ""How I Got Cultured""
Phyllis Barber grew up in Boulder City Nevada, which was built by the federal government and Six Companies to house Hoover Dam workers and their families.
WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY'S
President, Board of Trustees and Stewart Library invite you to the
UTAH CONSTRUCTION/ UTAH INTERNATIONAL
SYMPOSIUM
November 5-6, 2003
In 1931 the Utah Construction Company led a consortium called Six Companies in winning a bid from the United States Bureau of Reclamation to build the Hoover Dam, considered the eighth wonder of the world.
Please join us for a fascinating, inside look at the undertaking of this construction marvel, which took place in one of the country's bleakest landscapes during the nation's worst depression.
A worker stands atop an arch section, part of the concrete lining for a diversion tunnel.
NOVEMBER 6
THURSDAY 10 A.M.
STEWART LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
PANEL DISCUSSION
""Water and Power in the American West""
Panelists: Dr. Sara Dant Ewert, Weber State University Dr. Stephen C. Sturgeon, Utah State University Moderator: Dr. Richard W. Sadler, Weber State University
RECEPTION AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITS
""Reporting the Hoover Dam Construction"" ""Inside the Hoover Dam Scrapbooks""
Weber State University
Shown at the dam site are (from left) Norman Gallison, Henry J. Lawler, Walker Young, Charles Shea, Edmund O. Wattis, Elwood Mead, Frank Crowe, Raymond Walter, and Warren A, Bechtel.
You are invited to join the founders' families and friends at a special dinner on Wednesday, November 5, at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center, 2415 Washington Boulevard, Ogden, Utah.
SOCIAL
6 p.m.
Upper mezzanine, Eccles Conference Center
DINNER
7 p.m.
Grand Ballroom, Eccles Conference Center
INTERACTIVE EXHIBIT & FAMILY INTRODUCTIONS
8 p.m.
* Best Dress
Utah Construction/Utah International Symposium
NOVEMBER 5, FAMILIES' DINNER
? I/We will attend. ? I/We will be unable to attend.
Name___
Spouse or Guest _
Vegetarian?_ No. of vegetarian meals_
Your Telephone Number ( )_
Please return by Wednesday, October 29, or call the WSU Development Office at (801) 626-7628.

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Utah Construction/Utah International Symposium November 5-6 2003 Weber State University
""Powder monkeys"" prepared dynamite cartridges and blasting caps.
NOVEMBER 5
WEDNESDAY 3 P.M.
STEWART LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
RECEPTION AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITS
""Reporting the Hoover Dam Construction"" ""Inside the Hoover Dam Scrapbooks""
Speaker: Phyllis Barber, ""A Boulder City Childhood"" Author of ""The Desert Shall Blossom"" and ""How I Got Cultured""
Phyllis Barber grew up in Boulder City Nevada, which was built by the federal government and Six Companies to house Hoover Dam workers and their families.
WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY'S
President, Board of Trustees and Stewart Library invite you to the
UTAH CONSTRUCTION/ UTAH INTERNATIONAL
SYMPOSIUM
November 5-6, 2003
In 1931 the Utah Construction Company led a consortium called Six Companies in winning a bid from the United States Bureau of Reclamation to build the Hoover Dam, considered the eighth wonder of the world.
Please join us for a fascinating, inside look at the undertaking of this construction marvel, which took place in one of the country's bleakest landscapes during the nation's worst depression.
A worker stands atop an arch section, part of the concrete lining for a diversion tunnel.
NOVEMBER 6
THURSDAY 10 A.M.
STEWART LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
PANEL DISCUSSION
""Water and Power in the American West""
Panelists: Dr. Sara Dant Ewert, Weber State University Dr. Stephen C. Sturgeon, Utah State University Moderator: Dr. Richard W. Sadler, Weber State University
RECEPTION AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITS
""Reporting the Hoover Dam Construction"" ""Inside the Hoover Dam Scrapbooks""
Weber State University
Shown at the dam site are (from left) Norman Gallison, Henry J. Lawler, Walker Young, Charles Shea, Edmund O. Wattis, Elwood Mead, Frank Crowe, Raymond Walter, and Warren A, Bechtel.
You are invited to join the founders' families and friends at a special dinner on Wednesday, November 5, at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center, 2415 Washington Boulevard, Ogden, Utah.
SOCIAL
6 p.m.
Upper mezzanine, Eccles Conference Center
DINNER
7 p.m.
Grand Ballroom, Eccles Conference Center
INTERACTIVE EXHIBIT & FAMILY INTRODUCTIONS
8 p.m.
* Best Dress
Utah Construction/Utah International Symposium
NOVEMBER 5, FAMILIES' DINNER
? I/We will attend. ? I/We will be unable to attend.
Name___
Spouse or Guest _
Vegetarian?_ No. of vegetarian meals_
Your Telephone Number ( )_
Please return by Wednesday, October 29, or call the WSU Development Office at (801) 626-7628.